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A Guide to the Princess Anne County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1766-1862 Princess Anne County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1766-18621120074

A Guide to the Princess Anne County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1766-1862

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1120074
Title
Princess Anne County (Va.) previous hit Free  next hit Negro and previous hit Slave  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, 1766-1862
Physical Characteristics
0.45 cu. ft. (1 box)
Collector
Virginia Beach (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Princess Anne County (Va.) previous hit Free  next hit Negro and previous hit Slave  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, 1766-1862. Local government previous hit records  next hit collection, Princess Anne County Court previous hit Records  next hit. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

These items came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court previous hit records  next hit from Princess Anne County.

Historical Information

Princess Anne County (extinct) was named for Anne, daughter of James II, who became queen of England in 1702. The county was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691 and became extinct in 1963, after its consolidation with the city of Virginia Beach. The county seat was Princess Anne.

Virginia Beach was located in Princess Anne County, which is now extinct. The oceanside resort was incorporated as a town in 1906 and as a city by an act of the General Assembly in 1952. It was greatly enlarged in 1963 by consolidation with Princess Anne County, which thereby became extinct.

An act passed by the Virginia legislature in 1803 required every previous hit free  next hit Negro or mulatto to be registered and numbered in a book to be kept by the county clerk.

In 1806, the General Assembly moved to remove the previous hit free  next hit Negro population from Virginia with a law that stated that all emancipated previous hit slaves  next hit, freed after May 1, 1806, who remained in the Commonwealth more than a year, would forfeit their right to freedom and be sold by the Overseers of the Poor for the benefit of the parish. Families wishing to stay were to petition the legislature through the local county court. Beginning in 1837, freed previous hit slaves  next hit could petition the local courts for permission to remain.

Scope and Content

Princess Anne County (Va.) previous hit Free  next hit Negro and previous hit Slave  next hit previous hit Records  next hit, 1766-1862. The collection contains previous hit Free  next hit Negro Registrations, Affidavits, and Certificates, 1794-1860; previous hit Free  next hit Negro Delinquent Tax Lists, 1812-1814 and 1849-1861; previous hit Free  next hit Negro Lists, 1802 and 1821-1862; Petitions to Remain in Virginia, 1837, 1858, and 1860; previous hit Slave  next hit Patrol Accounts and Returns, 1771-1862; Miscellaneous previous hit Records  next hit pertaining to African Americans, 1766-1860; and photocopies of court previous hit records  next hit from various series that pertain to African Americans, 1820-1856.

previous hit Free  next hit Negro Registrations, Affidavits, and Certificates, 1794-1860, include name, sometimes age and a brief physical description, and the circumstances of the person's freedom or emancipation. If born previous hit free  next hit, reference is sometimes made to parents. If emancipated, the emancipating owner, place and date of emancipation, and prior registration as a previous hit free  next hit Negro are usually mentioned.

Petitions to remain in Virginia, 1837, 1858, and 1860, contain court orders, notices, and affidavits relating to the petitions of previous hit free  next hit African Americans Jacob Boush and Toney Boush, 1837; George Boush 1858, and Adam Land, 1860. The previous hit records  next hit document the circumstances of the petitioner's emancipation and statements attesting to his character and reasons for wanting to remain in Virginia.

previous hit Free  next hit Negro Lists, 1802 and 1821-1862, and previous hit Free  next hit Negro Delinquent Tax Lists, 1812-1814 and 1849-1861, are tax previous hit records  next hit compiled by the commissioner of the revenue. previous hit Free  next hit Negro Lists document name, age, occupation, and residence of previous hit free  next hit blacks assessed for taxes. Delinquent tax lists contain names and residence of previous hit free  next hit African Americans who have not paid their taxes in a given year or years.

previous hit Slave  next hit patrol accounts and returns document the recruitment and payment of local citizens appointed to patrol the previous hit enslaved  next hit population of the county. Occasionally, a return includes a report of unlawful activity among previous hit enslaved  next hit people.

Miscellaneous previous hit records  next hit pertaining to African Americans, 1766-1860, contain a list of previous hit enslaved  next hit people born between 1766 to 1770 (no previous hit slaveholder  next hit is indicated); a previous hit slave  next hit pass, 1802; a deed of gift transferring ownership of previous hit slaves  next hit from Ann H. Brooks to her sister Rebeca Dubury, 1834; a deed of emancipation, undated; a list of claims submitted to the county court by Edward Moseley for various legal services, some of them pertaining to previous hit enslaved  next hit persons belonging to the estate of Colonel Thorowgood, 1779-1780; a previous hit record  next hit of an indenture, circa 1786; an order to execute a bond of apprenticeship, 1850-1852; a sheriff's order, 1815, pertaining to previous hit enslaved  next hit people who were taken or went off to the British during the War of 1812; and a printed circular 1802, publicizing new legislation requiring county courts to submit previous hit records  next hit of capital cases involving previous hit enslaved  next hit people.

Photocopies of previous hit records  next hit from various serious pertaining to African Americans, 1810-1856. The previous hit records  next hit copied are military and pension previous hit records  next hit documenting the military service of two African Americans in the Revolutionary War; Tax and Fiscal previous hit Records  next hit documenting the number of previous hit free  next hit white, previous hit slave  next hit, and previous hit free  next hit negroes tithables in the county in 1847; Commonwealth Causes documenting charges against African Americans for going at large without previous hit free  next hit papers and for remaining in the state more than a year without leave according to the law; and a jailer's claim for payment for holding an previous hit enslaved  next hit person whose owner, a previous hit free  next hit African American women, is insolvent.

Related Material

Additional Princess Anne County previous hit Free  next hit Negro and previous hit Slave  next hit previous hit records  next hit are available on microfilm. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City previous hit Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Virginia Beach (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African American previous hit slaveholders  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • African American soldiers--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Free  next hit African Americans--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Slaveholders  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Slavery  next hit--Law and legislation--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Slaves  next hit--Emancipation--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • United States--History--War of 1812.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Princess Anne County (Va.)--History.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Articles of apprenticeship--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Bonds, Commissions, Oaths--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Certificates--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Deeds--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Emancipations--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Fiduciary previous hit records  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Free  next hit Negro and previous hit slave  next hit previous hit records  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Free  next hit Negro lists--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • previous hit Free  next hit papers--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Judicial previous hit records  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Local government previous hit records  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Military previous hit records  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Petitions--Virginia--Princess Anne County.
  • Tax and fiscal previous hit records  next hit--Virginia--Princess Anne County.

    • Added Entry - Corporate Name:

  • Princess Anne County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Princess Anne County (Va.)--History.
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